Homenewsitems Frontrunner Greek Opposition Party Head Mitsotakis: Even After BREXIT UK would be in Europe

Frontrunner Greek Opposition Party Head Mitsotakis: Even After BREXIT UK would be in Europe

Written by ACM

Saturday, 29 April 2017

*Brussels/EPP Summit/Angelo Marcopolo/- Even After a now possible BREXIT, however, the UK would still be "in Europe", stressed Today the Frontrunner Main Opposition Party' Head in Greece, Kyiakos Mitsotakis, President of the "New Democracy" Party, speaking to the Press, including "Eurofora".

Already, certain other European Countries as Norway and Switzerland, Lictenstein, etc., are Not yet EU Members, but have Special Agreements with the EU, f.ex. in the framework of the "European Economic Area", on "Shenghen", even on Scientific and Technological Research (f.ex. from Switzerland), and, in the particular case of the UK, (EU Member since 1973), normaly EU Links should be even much Stronger, observers noted, agreeing with Mitsotakis' Press Spokeswoman.

Mitsotakis, whose Party is Recently Accredited with an evolving Strong 1st Place in People's preferences by All Polls, spoke just after the conclusion of an Important ChristianDemocrat/EPP Summit in Brussels, with the participation f.ex., of German Chancelor Angie Merkel, the EU's "BREXIT" Negociator Michel Barnier, EU Commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker, and EU Council's President Donald Tusk, EU Parliament's President Antionio Tajani, and other Political Leaders, invited by experienced EPP's Head Joseph Daul, (a former Long-Time MEP from Strasbourg, and f. Chairman of EPP's Group of MEPs in EU Parliament).

Since the Move took place Ahead of EU's Heads of States/Governments' Summit, later Today, here in Brussels, dedicated mainly to "BREXIT", Kyriakos Mitsotakis also Focused on the Main Conditions of particular Interest of that to Greece :

- I.e., the respect of UK's Financial Obligations to the EU, the Protection of EU Citizens' Rights (more than 70.000 Greeks currently Living in the UK), and the Future state of relevant EU's External Borders, f.ex. at the North of Ireland, etc.

At a Different area, UK notoriously keeps 2 British Military Bases in EU Member Cyprus, which is also Member of the British Commonwealth, as well as the current EU Chair, Malta.

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When Europeans really feel a vital need to urgently launch common replies to challenging World Crisis, as the present Financial turmoil of Global Markets, they forge new decision-making tools and new dynamics :

The 1st in History EuroZone Heads of State and Government Summit, organized in Paris at the invitation of French President, and current EU chair, Nicolas Sarkozy, with the participation of 15 national leaders and EU institutions' chairmen, partly enlarged to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after a highly symbolic duo with German Chancelor Angie Merkel, at General De Gaulle's birth-village, 50 Years after he welcomed there former German chancellor Adenauer (1958-2008), may have not one, but two results :

- The first, and more urgent, was to launch an "ambitious", "coherent", and "efficient" common European movement, able to stimulate "solutions" to the World Economic Crisis, as Sarkozy anounced from the outset : State Garantees (to new Bank debts up to 5 years), fresh Capital input (f.ex. by buying shares), support to distressed banks, (while also restructuring them), incite the European Central Bank to facilitate commerial bills europe-wide, etc.

"Acting swiftly", from tomorrow, national measures will quantify all these targets, with coordinated actions from all EuroZone's Governments : France, Germany, Italy and others, decided to anounce, at the same time, such concrete measures, according to agreements that we have already made all together, revealed Sarkozy at the final Press Conference, flanked by EuroZone's chairmen : EuroGroup's Jean-Claude Juncker, and Central European Bank's Jean-Claude Truchet, as well as EU Commission's Jose Baroso, to solemnly stress the will to find common European solutions.

- "United and Determined, all EuroZone's Countries will act to prove that Citizens can Trust" the Economy, Sarkozy concluded. If we attract also all EU's 27 countries, Wednesday in Brussels, then we can coordinate action with our American Friends at a Global level, he anounced.

- "With this new Toolbox, we do not want to serve Bankers, but to work for Europe and its Citizens' interests", added Juncker.

- "For the moment, we want to act urgently to regulate the Crisis. But the time will come when those responsible for this, will have to account for their actions. Yes to real Capitalism, No to Speculators. Those who abused, will face sanctions, Sarkozy warned.

Need stimulates activities which create new organs, say biologists, and Gordon Brown, compatriot of Spencer, the famous bio-Historian, would certainly not deny that, after his surprise visit to EuroZone's Summit in Paris, which attracted him one hour more than scheduled...

Decisions include also the creation of a Crisis-management European mechanism, which "requires constant Monitoring", as well as strengthening Economic policy cooperation between EuroZone's countries.

Sarkozy will be judged by History not just by the immediate Economic results, expected at the end of this week's decision-making proces at National and EU level, but also by the more far-reaching consequences at the aftermath of this Historic EuroZone 1st Summit : Will it succeed to become a precursor forging a New era in European institution's revitalization ?

Significantly, the French President sat, during discussions, between German Chancelor Merkel, and British Prime Minister Brown, facing the chairmen of EuroGroup, Juncker, ECB : Truchet, and EU Commission, Baroso, with Prime Ministers of Spain, Zapatero (a hot partisan of EuroZone's Summit) at his right side, and Italy's Berlusconi, at his left, surrounded by Austrian, Belgian, Cyprus', Finland's, Greece's, and Ireland's leaders, as well as Slovakia's, Slovenia's, Portugal's, Netherlands', Malta's and Luxembourg's leaders.

Meanwhile, those who tabled for a rift between French and German positions were faced with a smiling Merkel at De Gaulle-Adenauer's meeting place, a sunny Saturday morning, and a particularly active-looking Merkel inside the French Presidential Palace at Elysee's gardens on Sunday, (as happy few photographers discovered)..

- "De Gaulle's hilltop, at Colombey-les-2-Eglises, gave an astonishing overview to a huge landscape, entirely surrounded by splendid Nature, as far as eyes could see", said to EuroFora an obviously charmed German Journalist.

She was describing Saturday's inauguration of a High-Tech Memorial close to the Historic Giant Double Lorraine's Cross, built by famous Novelist Andre Malraux, to perpetuate the Memory of his famous call for "Resistance" to NAZI, and his vision for the creation of New Institutions and Franco-German reconciliation, to foster Europe's role in the World, also for the Future.

Children playing at Elysee's gardens before the Historic 1st EuroZone's Summit : What Europe's Future will look like ?

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